It doesn’t matter how many fancy toys you give them if they aren’t trained to use them.
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It doesn’t matter how many fancy toys you give them if they aren’t trained to use them.
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The Marines got it right with the M27 rifle.
IME finding the target(s) is the hardest part - even from the air - especially when the troops don't know where incoming fire is coming from.
And when the bad guys are that far away, let CAS/AWT/IDF turn them into mincemeat - when the lawyers will let ya, that is.
Its not supposed to be a fair fight. ;)
I have relevant experience. In reference to lengthening barrels and adding KAC NT4’s... even on the end of a 14.5 in gun, those things get heavy and awkward. Especially in a mountainous region. Makes a M4 longer and heavier than a M16. On a range, its not an issue, but reallistically Soldiers spend most of their time NOT shooting, but they carry their rifles everywhere. Everytime you kneel to look at a map or something, muzzle in the dirt. Trying to get out of a vehicle, clunkety-clank. Long azz guns are a pain.
If you can’t reach a target with a M4, thats what DMRs, snipers, mortars, air, etc. are for. If you can’t see the target to designate it for those guys, well you can’t hit it with a better rifle, either. I’m not necessarily against cans or 16” barrels, but I wouldn’t like to employ them together. I would be perfectly happy issued a 11.5 with a Surefire Mini. Sub-optimal for the fight you are describing, though. There’s no perfect answer, but the standard M4A1 is almost certainly the best infantry rifle ever fielded, by anyone, in its standard configuration. There are things I would change, given the budget, but it just works.
Nailed it.
I’ve always worn Sordins or Peltors while out, so maximum db attenuation doesn’t matter to me. But a 11.5 + short can is similar in length to a 16” gun, and is less loud. I’m not familiar with the KAC QDC CQB, only the NT4, which I hold in very high regard, and dislike at the same time.
At a training course I went to last year, the lead instructor said the most difficult thing you will ever do in combat is extract a casualty under fire. The second most difficult is to locate the enemy. His thoughts were very much in line with what you said here. Noise isn't effective.